Cricket 1887

MAR. 31, 1887. CRICKET: A WEEKLY RECORD OF THE GAME* 45 On following on against the bowling of Flowers and Bates, a very good and careful innings by M'Glinchey of 35 not out just saved the Newcastle people from defeat, and al­ though Lohmann and Barlow took a turn, only thirteen wickets had fallen at six o’clock for 110. Score and analysis E n glish E l e v e n . Bates, c Bryant, b , Woods ............... 3 Shaw, b M'Glinchey... 23 Flowers, c and b M'Glinchey ........ 5 Barlow, run out........ 42 Briggs,c Tubb.bWood 6 Scotton,bM'Glinchey 15 Read, lbw, b Tracey... 72 Shrewsbury, b Mad- dison ............. 19 Sherwin, c Wood, b M'Glinchey......... 4 Gunn, c Bryant, b Wood ............. 26 Lohmann, not out... 15 Total...... 236 N ew castle and D istrict . First Innings. Second Innings. Wooden, b Briggs ........ 7 c Shrewsbury, b Bates ......... 1 Roberts, c Bates, b Loh­ mann ..................... 1 c Sherwin, b Flowers........ 3 M'Glinchey, c Gunn, b Briggs........................... 23 not out ......... 35 Lawrence, c Sherwin, b Briggs........................... 8 b Flowers........ 3 Freeman, b Lohmann ... 3 b Lohmann ... 15 Wood, b Lohmann ........ 2 c Barlow, b Lohmann 4 Jackson, c Sherwin, b Lohmann..................... 6 c Lohmann, b Barlow ......... 0 Merewether, c Lohmann, b Briggs ..................... 4 c Briggs, b Loh- A Kennedy, c and b Briggs... 10 b Barlow ......... 4 5 K. Webb, b Lohmann 0 Davidson, b Briggs ... ... 5 G. Webb, b Barlow........ 19 c Gunn, b Loh­ mann ......... 2 Hall, c Sherwin, b Barlow 0 not out ........ 9 Bryant, b Barlow ........ 0 c Sherwin, b Lohmann 0 Maddison, b Lohmann ... 0 c &b Lohmann 0 Simon, c Shaw, b Barlow 3 Tracey, run out............... 2 b Flowers........ 2 Tubb, not out ............... 17 st Sherwin, b Bates ........ 6 Extras ..................... 15 Extras........ 20 Total ...135 Total ...109 BOWLING ANALYSIS. N e w castle . First:Innings. Second Innings. B. M. R. W. B. M.R. W. Lohmann ... 176 25 46 6 .......... 140 20 34 6 Briggs........ 228 30 61 6 Barlow ... 67 11 8 4 ..........If8 18 15 2 Bates... 88 10 23 2 Flowers 116 22 17 3 The matoh was altogether a very disap­ pointing affair, being completely spoiled by the bad weather. A large attendance of miners was expected on Saturday, Feb. 12, but owing to the uneven state of the game and the weather prospects, not more than 800 put in an appearance. As the day advanced the wind, which was S.E., gradually increased to a gale, which blew all night, and during the whole of Sunday, accompanied by heavy rain. The sea on Sunday was a splendid' if sight, rolling on to the rocks and beach in f gigantic waves, so that the steamers would not venture out, so fiercely did it blow. The excitement in the evening was increased as a small brig appeared doomed, apparently driv­ ing on the rocks. The lifeboat was ordered out, but by some skilful handling the captain, who no doubt knew the intricacies of the har­ bour well, passed safely over the bar, to the delight of several thousands of excited spec­ tators. TWENTY-THIRD MATCH.—v. EIGH­ TEEN OF SINGLETON. On Monday, Feb. 14, at 7.15 a.m., the English team left Newcastle for Singleton, a township about two hours’ run by rail, to play a two-day match against Eighteen of the District. These were chosen from a large cireuit, and included six of the Newcastle team, besides several good players from the intermediate town of Maitland. The wicket, prepared on a piece of rather low lying ground, had to be abandoned, owing to the flood water reaching to the stumps, and a pitch had to be chosen on higher ground one hundred yards away, which, covered with matting, played easily though very slow. The captain of the local team won the toss, and put the eleven in, Shrewsbury and Mr. Shaw (who was again playing for the Eleven) com­ ing out of the hat first. By some slow cricket 16 runs had been totalled, when the Colonial was run out by a smart bit of fielding. Loh­ mann appeared next, and the score advanced to 30, when Shrewsbury was bowled off his legs for 14. Sherwin added a brace, when a fast shooter beat him, and luncheon took place. On resuming Flowers joined Lohmann, and the score advanced to 60, when the North- countryman was taken at the wicket. Scot­ ton was immediately caught from a high hit at square-leg for a duck, and directly Barlow had joined him, Lohmann was finely caught at the wicket for a good innings of 24. Gunn was clean bowled, and one ball was enough for the Lancashire boy, Briggs, also clean bowled. Read, with Barlow, increased the score to 90, when the former was bowled. Bates, who whipped in, made 3, when a noise behind warned him to retire, and the venture closed for 95—Barlow not out 13. At twenty minutes to five the Eighteen began batting, but could do nothing with Briggs and Lohmann. Twelve men were out for 19 runs, but before the next wicket fell another score had been added by some dare­ devil hitting from the local wicket-keeper, who being a poor bat, and seeing the mourn­ ful procession of his comrades, rushed in at everything, and luckily added 15. On his dis­ missal, leg-before, play ceased. The attendance was wretched, owing to rivers and creeks being flooded, and three connecting bridges washed away, which effectually put a stop to the country folks reaching Singleton without going many miles round. The weather was excessively hot. A promenade concert was given by the musical talent of Singleton in the evening, the English cricketers receiving a courteous invitation, which was promptly accepted. The match was continued on Tuesday, Feb. 15. The local men increased their score to 54. On the Englishmen going in the second innings a collapse looked probable, Shrews­ bury, Lohmann, Barlow, and Bates being out at lunch-time for 16 runs. After this, some lively play by Read and Briggs for 41 and 29 respectively caused the total to reach the respectable amount of 102. With 144 to win the Singleton men made 87 for the loss of twelve wickets, and as time did not allow the game to be finished, another drawn match was added to the already long list of unfinished games. The attendance for a country {district was good, numbering about 1,200. E nglish E leven . First Innings. Second Innings. (Shaw, run out ............... 6 l b w .................... 0 ‘Shrewsbury, b Maddison 14 c Horne ............. 8 Sherwin, b Power ........... 2 c Maddison ... 0 Flowers, c North ........... 14 not out ............ 0 Scotton, c Laurie ........... 0 c Horne ............ 6 Lohm ann. st Norman ... 21 c Loder ............. 1 Gunn, b M’Glinchey........... 6 c M’Glinchey ... 4 Briggs, b M’Glinchey ... 0 c N orm an ............. 29 Read, b M erewether........... 10 b Anderson ... 41 Barlow, not o u t .................. 12 c Merewether ... 0 Bates, b M’G linchey........... 3 c Sym onds ... 3 Extras .................. 4 Extras... 10 Total ........... 95 T otal ...102 N orthern D istr ic t . First Innings M ackay, b Briggs ... 8 W ooden, h w ........... 0 H. Merewether, b Lohm ann.................. 0 Bignell, c Flowers ... 0 M’Glinchey, b Loh­ m ann .................. 0 Laurie, b Lohmann... 1 Maddison, c Gunn ... 0 Brunker, b Briggs ... 3 Parr, b Briggs ........... 0 E. Merewether, b Briggs .................. 0 T o ta l. Loder, b Briggs Symonds, b Loh­ mann ............... Norman, l b w ....... Roberts, c Sherwin, b Lohmann ... Horne, c Lohmann... Power, b Briggs Gray, not out ... Anderson, b Briggs Extras In the Second Innings M ackay scoredbLohm ann 8 , Gray, st Sherwin 3, Bignell, b Briggs 0, Norman, st Sherwin, 1, Laurie, b Bates 12, Roberts, c Gunn 17, M’Glinchey, b Flowers 5, Merewether, st Sherwin 0, Wooden, b Briggs 6 , Maddison, c Flowers 0, Power, c Sherwin 5, Brunker, c Read 13, Loder, not out 7, Parr, not out 10,—Total, 87. BOW LING ANALYSIS. N orthern D istrict . First Innings. Second Innings. B.M. R . W . B. M. R W. Lohm ann... 104 14 21 6 ........... 60 6 19 1 Briggs ... 108 16 26 11 ........... 6 ) 9 17 2 Bates ... 76 6 29 6 : Flowers ... 72 7 26 2 T h e tam e evening th e team left Singleton fo r Syd n ey, arriving at N ew castle in tim e to catch th e m id n igh t boat, w h ich reached Sydney th e next m orn in g at 5.15. T h e passage w as a very sm ooth one. The follow in g are th e averages o f S haw ’s T eam fo r th e first tw en ty m atches— v iz., up to the end o f th e N arrabri fix tu re : M atches w on, 1 0 ; draw n, 9 ; lost 1. BATTING AVERAGES. Tim es M ost in Inns, not out Runs an Inns. Aver. Barlow, R. G. ... 26 ... 2 ... 487 ...104 ...20.7 Barnes, W . ... 24... 2 ... 629 ... 109 ... 28.13 Bates, W ................. 26... 2 ... 554 ... 88 ... 23 2 Briggs, J................. 26... 5 ... 440 ... 69 ... 20.20 Flowers, W. ... 25... 3 ... 261 ... 52 ... 11.19 Gunn, W ............. 25 ... 2 ... 534 ... 68 * ... 23.5 Lohm ann, G. ... 24 ... 4 ... 326 ... 40* ... 16.6 Bead, M ..................... 25 .. 0 ... 561 ... 121 ... 22.11 Scotton, W . ... 24... 1 ... 273 ... 43 ... 11.20 Sherwin, M. ... 24... 9 ... 158 ... 25 ... 10.8 Shrewsbury, A. 24... 5 ... 708 ... 100 ... 37.5 Shaw, A., 2 innings for 12 runs : Lillywhite, J., 1 innings, 0 runs. * Signifies not out. BOW LING AVERAGES. Balls. Mdns. Runs. Wkts. Aver. Barlow, R. G. ... 2129 ... 308 ... 517 ... 55 ... 9.12 Barnes, W . ... 1849 ... 274 ... 412 ... 35 ... 10.27 Bates, W............... 2226 ... 265 ... 653 ... 74 ... 8.61 Briggs, J................ 3556 ... 478 ... 943 ... 129 ... 7 40 Flowers, W . ... m 3 ... 306 ... 480 ... 74 ... 6.36 Lohmann, G. ... 3523 ... 434 ...102<J ... 85 ... 12 Read, M. (three wickets for 34 runs), Gunn, W (three for 36), and Scotton, W. (one for 20). T h e follow in g are th e results of the tw en ty- nine m atches played b y the E nglish team in th e C olonies— 12 w on, 15 draw n, and 2 lost. 1886. Oct. 30—Adelaide, v. Fifteen o f South Australia. Drawn. English Eleven, 329 (Shrewsbury 100); Fifteen o f South Australia, 132 and 127 for 8 wickets. Nov. 6 —M elbourne, v. Victoria. Drawn. English Eleven, 352 (Barnes 109); Victoria, 329 and 207 for 9 wickets. Nov. 12—Param atta, v. Eighteen of Cumberland. English Eleven won by 17 runs. English Eleven, 67 and 78; Eighteen of Cumber­ land, 78 and 49. Nov. 19—Sydney, v. New South Wales. N.S.W. w on by six wickets. English Eleven, 74 and 98 (Read 13 and 24); New South Wales, 111 and 62 for 4 wickets. Nov. 26—Goulbourn, v. Eighteen o f Goulbourn. English Eleven won by an innings and 59 runs. English Eleven, 212 (Briggs not out 39); Eighteen o f Goulbourn, 83 and 70. Nov. 29—Cootamundra, v. 22 of Cootamundra. English Eleven won by 10 wickets. English Eleven, 154 and 29 for no w ickets; 22 of Cootamundra, 67 and 113. Dec. 3—Sydney, v. Eighteen Juniors. English Eleven won by an innings and 129 rims. English Eleven, 312 (Shrewsbury 92, Bates 82) ; Eighteen Juniors, 76 and 107. Dec. 8 —Lithgow , v. 22 of Lithgow . English Eleven won by 76 runs. English Eleven, 80 and 42; 22 o f Lithgow , 18 and 27. Dec. 10—Sydney, v. New South Wales. English Eleven won by 9 wickets. English Eleven, 220 (Shrewsbury 64) and 5 for no w icket; New South W ales, 117 and 107. Dec. 17—Melbourne, v. Com bined Australia. English Eleven won by 57 rims. English Eleven, 201 (Scotton 49, Shrewsbury 38, B a'es 31), and 264 (Shrewsbury 62, Read 38, Lohm ann, 32 not out); Australia, 294 (Bruce 48, Jones 46, Jarvis 37), and 114 (Bruce 82, Spofforth 25). Dec. 23—Geelong, v. 18 o f Geelong. Drawn. Eng­ lish Eleven, 334; 18 of Geelong, 100 and 85 for five wickets. W,<V W / M o v t Tea1 Next Issue April 14